Chapter 921

Zhang Fei set an ambush in the forest to lure Cao Zhen into being deceived by himself, but failed in the end.

Zhang Fei in the history of the Three Kingdoms is not the image of a savage man in the romance of the Three Kingdoms. When the three brothers of Liu Guan and Zhang set out to fight, it was Zhang Fei, who was well-off, who provided material for recruitment. Zhang Fei, who was well-off, was certainly a bit of ink in his stomach.

Later, Zhang Fei, together with Guan Yu, Huang Zhong and Ma Chao, was appointed as the four major generals before and after that. Zhang Fei defeated Zhang jaw, a famous general of the Wei Dynasty, at the wa pass. From this, we can see that Zhang Fei is not a man with only muscles in his head.

However, Cao Zhen is not a fool. He was carefully trained by Cao Cao. After the war of Dingjunshan in history, Xia Houyuan, commander-in-chief of the western front of Cao Wei, was killed on the battlefield. After that, Cao Zhen was governor Chang'an, who formally took over Xia Houyuan's position. In the romance of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi was always dealing with Zhuge Liang. In fact, Cao Zhen had been dealing with Zhuge Liang for the first four times when he was out of Qi Mountain. After Cao Zhen died of illness, Sima Yi was transferred to the west to fight with Zhuge Liang.

Cao Zhen had a long-term strategic vision. He had expected that Zhuge Liang would probably follow Han Xin's example of "building a plank road in the open and crossing the old warehouse secretly". Before leaving, he ordered to strengthen the defense of Chen Cang City. Sure enough, Zhuge Liang led a hundred thousand troops to besiege Chen Cang for several decades, which made Hao Zhaoshan's reputation as a good defender. In fact, Cao Zhen had been preparing for the rainy days.

"The whole army retreats!"

Cao Zhen saw that the enemy had been ambushed for a long time, but he was also straightforward. Tens of thousands of people said that they did not want to do so. They patted their buttocks and left. Zhu Ling and Lu Zhao praised Cao Zhen's command, so they followed Cao Zhen and walked away together.

After watching from afar for a while, Zhang Fei turned back and said, "well, the enemy troops have retreated. The whole army is retreating and moving towards the main force."

After confirming that Cao Zhen really withdrew his troops and would not return, Zhang Fei called for an order, and the five thousand Yuzhou Army stood up and retreated in the direction of the coming road.

The battle of Huainan came to an end. Liu Bei led 30000 Yuzhou troops and defeated Xiahou Dun in the first battle of huaishui, and led his troops to besiege Shouchun city for many days. However, with the arrival of Cao troops in Huainan, Cao Zhen led the people to strengthen and create momentum, and finally decided to withdraw. He led the Yuzhou army to plunder 30000 people from Huainan and retreat to Runan County And go.

Huainan calmed down for a while, while Jingzhou was in the middle of war.

Cao Ren, the general of Zhennan, was ordered by Cao Cao to attack Jiangling city. However, Wei Yan, the general of Zhennan City, was tenacious. Finally, Li Yan came to Nanyang in person. However, Li Yan's military strength was weak and could not defeat Cao Ren for a while. Therefore, he had to stay outside the city and form a corner with Wei Yan in the city.

In Wuling county.

"What's the matter? Why hasn't the food and grass been delivered for so many days? " Liu Pan frowned.

Liu Pan and Huang Zhong led more than ten thousand Wuling troops stationed in ruanling, only waiting for the grain and grass to be transported from Jiangling. They immediately launched an offensive against Sun Quan, who had occupied Jingnan, and wiped out the southern part of Jingzhou and exterminated the sun family.

However, after waiting for so many days, the grain and grass could not keep up, so Liu Pan and Huang Zhong could only stand still. As the saying goes, when the three armies are not moving, the grain and forage go first. When the large army is fighting abroad, the consumption rate is several times higher than when it is stationed. Because the grain and grass are to be transported, the civilian drivers who transport grain and forage are not robots and naturally have to eat.

Just when Liu Pan and Huang Zhong feel puzzled, they suddenly report from Westone: "general, commander Gao is here!"

"Here comes governor Gao? I will greet you in person Liu Pan was surprised and got up in a hurry.

"I didn't expect that governor Gao would be the governor of Dadu, so he personally escorted the grain and grass to come here." Liu Pan opposite Huang Zhongdao.

"As governor Gao, I'm afraid he didn't come to escort grain and grass?" Veteran Huang Zhong is a little confused.

No matter what, Gao Chong was the commander in chief of the Xiliang army. He was no different from the grand generals such as Zhang jaw and Yu Jin, so he could not offend him. Therefore, Liu Pan and Huang Zhong went out to meet him together.

"Liu Mou (Huang Zhong) met the governor of Dadu." Liu Pan and Huang Zhong saluted Gao Chong together.

"That's all right. Let's go in first. There's an important thing to tell them separately." Gao Chong stretched out his hand and made a gesture of invitation. He walked into the room with Liu Pan and Huang Zhong.

"A few days ago, Cao Ren led his troops to besiege Jiangling..."

GAO Chong frowned and told us about Cao Ren's siege of Jiangling. Liu Pan and Huang Zhong looked at each other with a worried look.

"What, Cao Ren besieged Jiangling?"

"This Jiangling is an important place connecting the South and north of Jingjing, and it is also a place for transporting grain and grass. In case of being besieged by the enemy, will the grain and grass be difficult to sustain?" Huang Zhong worried.

In history, because of its geographical location connecting the north and the south, Jiangling became the place where Jingzhou hoarded weapons and grain. After Cao Cao captured Xiangyang, the first order was to send Cao chun to lead 5000 tigers and leopards to capture Jiangling before Liu Bei, so as to prevent Liu Bei from using the large amount of grain, grass and ordnance stored in Jiangling.

"No matter what, our army still has a navy. We can transport grain and grass by water. How can Cao Ren stop our navy, because most of them are northerners?" Gao Chong said with a smile.Hearing this, both Huang Zhong and Liu Pan were overjoyed: "yes, our army can transport grain and grass by water. How can Cao Ren stop it?"

"In this case, how about giving up Jingnan for the time being and commanding the north to cooperate with the Nanjun army to annihilate Cao Ren?" Liu Pan suggested.

Although there are still waterways to transport grain and grass, but Jiangling is surrounded by Cao Ren. It seems that the military plan to capture Jingnan can only come to an end for the time being.

"No harm..."

in Gao Chong's eyes, Zhan Zhan was bright and ambitious: "a few days ago, the French division of Wancheng had formulated a new combat plan! Zhang Zhennan personally led 30000 Nanyang troops to the South and cooperated with the garrison in Jiangling city to defeat Cao Ren. "

"However, our army continued to attack Jingnan in accordance with the original plan."

Gao Chong said, "is there a map engraved on it?"

"Come on, give the map to governor Gao!" Liu Pan cheered.

After a while, several soldiers carried a map of Jingzhou, including all the seven counties in the north and the south.

"You see, now our army can be divided into two ways! Liu Lang and Huang Xiaowei led their troops from Wuling to the South and attacked Lingling all the way. " Gao Chong's arm waved down from Wuling and stopped in Lingling county.

"Our army, with the strength of a water army, marched eastward into Dongting Lake and took Changsha directly."

Most of the Wuling troops under the command of Liu Pan and Huang Zhong were infantry soldiers, so they could attack Lingling County southward from Wuling County, while gaochong's commander was the Navy.